Thursday, July 10th, 6:00am to 11:30am- ESAR Volunteer yardwork, 9530 nims st, pensacola, FL

  ESAR Volunteer work; Set up plans with Jim Harrison for 3-5 hours of volunteer yardwork for ESAR (Jim picked me up around 6am).-

  • got a ride to ESAR from Jim Harrison around 6:00am;
  •  jim bought the volunteers a bacon, egg and cheese croissant from burger king for breakfast ; 
    • ate the croissant with jim after arriving at the ESAR building; 
    • met Jim's wife again
  • hooked up Jims hose to the ESAR tap ran/carried the/ Jims hose out to the fire area 30-50 feet south of the previous brushpile/fire location
  • Pulled down vines from the south tree area of the esar yard.
    • added the tree limbs, bark, and vines to a brush pile while;
    •  jim got a brush fire started; 
  • tried to pull down a tree with a Bouie and rope
    • After I tried and failed to toss the Bouie and line/rope over the tree, Jim was able to toss the Bouie over a tall area of the tree
      • We were able to pull the tree down safely with the help of one of Jim's chainsaws.
  • Met simon again before he began helping clean up tree limbs & pulling down vines.
  • Made progress on cleaning up the ESAR southyard using limb pruner, hand/ garden pruner, electric chainsaw, & foldable saw and an electric pruner.
    • tried not to get any dirt on/ in the tools while using them.
  • worked/continued until 10:00-11:00am (unsure of exact time).
  •  Ate an ice cream bar with Jim, Ann? (my apologies i keep forgeting your name- i will remember it next time), and simon. 
  • Made sure Jim and his wife, got the desserts I made
    • a few portions of cornbread pudding on top of peach pancake crust cobbler.
  • Got a ride home from Jim.

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